Quick-compression faucet.



W. S. VALMORE.

QUICK COMPRESSION FAUCET. APPLICATION FILED MAY 9. 1914.

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QUICK COMPRESSION FAUCET.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 9. 1914.

Patented Jan. 25, 1916.

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WILLIAM S. VALMOR-E, OF LAKEWOOD, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO UNITED BRASS MANUFAC- TUBING- COMPANY, A PARTNERSHIP COMPOSED 0F WILLIAM J. SCHOENBERGER 7 AND BENJAMIN F. KLEIN.

QUICK-COMPRESSION FAUCET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

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Application filed May 9, 1914. Serial No. 837,448.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM S. VALMORE, citizen of the United States, residing at Lakewood, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of ()hio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Quick-Compression Faucets, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to quick-compression faucets, and the invention consists in the construction and combination of parts, substantially as shown and described and particularly pointed out in the claims.

The object of the invention is to provide a faucet with means to adjustably fix the degree of rotative movement of the valve stem and handle, and to govern the extent to which the valve may be opened, and the present invention affords a convenient arrangement to obtain such adjustment withous dismantling the faucet.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a plan view of the faucet with the handle and valve in closed position, and Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a detail of the cap nut on the stem of the faucet. Fig. 4 is a sectional elevation of the faucet showing the valve open. Fig. 5 is a detail of the handle. Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the valve stem. Fig. 7 is a detail of the screw bolt which occupies the stem and serves to fix the limit to which the valve may be opened. Figs. 8, 9'and 10 are side, bottom and top views of the triple threaded valve plunger or member 2, and Figs. 11 and 12 are detail viewsof the packing nut- The faucetcomprises a body 6 of any preferred pattern which has the usual seats 8 in the diaphragm d for the valve 4;. The neck 11. is provided with an internal quick or triple thread, and the upper portion of the valve comprising aplunger or member 2 is threaded externally to screw into 'said neck and is the element immediatelyrelied' upon to efiect a quick maximum opening of the valve with the'minimum of rotary movement, or from the closed position as seen in Fig. 2 to the open position as seen in Fig. 4. Such rotary movement is accomplished as shown herein by a quarter turn of handle it, or, say from the closed position in Figs. '1 and 2 to the open position in Fig. 4. Practically, the valve '1) ways of the valve member. In fact the invention is designed to change the degree of rotative movement of the valve stem and handle and the distance to which the said member may be raised according to the size of opening wanted for the valve, and this is accomplished by means of a screw bolt or rod 3 which passes axially through the valve stem or shaft 4C and is of greater length than the shaft, so as to possibly expose both ends at the same time beyond the ends of said shaft. To this end the said valve stem or shaft 4 is threaded in its upper portion to engage the thread on screw bolt 3, and the lower end of said shaft has a square or equivalently fashioned head 5 adapted to enter and slidably engage a correspondingly-shaped cavity 0 in the top of said valve member and serve as a medium for rotating the same on its external thread in the faucet body.

When the parts are assembled the head 5 pro ects into said cavity and the degree of movement of the valve member upward to open the valve is determined by the depth to which the screw bolt 3 projects beneath sald head opposite the bottom of the cavity 0. In brief, the distance to which the valve may be raised or opened is variably fixed by bolt 3, andthe cap nut 6 on the. upper end of the said stem or screw bolt 3 fixes the principle of a lock nut, the said nut also serving to confine the handle in place. The valve stem or shaft l is firmly held against up and down play by a collar 7 near its inner end which rests on a packing ring or gasket 8 over a metallic ring 9 seated in the top of the neck a of the faucet body, and by the packing nut 10 which is sleeved over the valve stem and screwed upon theoutside of the said neck about the topthereof with the packing 12 in seating and sealing-relation upon collar 7. This arrangement permits absolute sealing effects and afiords a means of tightly clamping the valve stem in place without necessarily affecting fixed adjustments of the screw bolt 3, and there are no parts within the neck to interfere with the fullest desired upward movement of the valve member to open the valve to 'itsmaxb mum as mdlcated in Fig. 2.

The head of the handle or lever h is milled or serrated axially in its bore tomato}; the serrations on the valve stem 4, which provides-for a delicate adjustment rotarily of the handle to fix its stop position relatively to the body when thevalve is closed. Thus, suppose the "valve to be seated as in Figs. 1 and 2. When in this position it is desirable to have the, handle at right angles to the body of the faucet or at one side. The handle is accordinglyplaced over the serrated endof the shaft at right angles to the faucet body and it is thus interlocked ro- 'tarily with the valve. Then a quarter turn only of the handle will place the handle in axial alinement with the body, and the quick thread on the valve plunger 2 will open the valve to practically the full capacity ofthe faucet. The screw bolt 3 serves to limit the upward movement of the valve and to stopthe handle when in line with the faucet, and by removing cap nut 6 the kerf ofthe bolt 3 may be engaged by a screw driver to turn the bolt so that its lower end bears hard against the bottom of the cavity in the plunger 2, Fig. 4. When the desired relation-' ship-of parts is established the valve stem or shaft 4 cannot be rotated further in the opening direction nor the valve raised higher, and the limits of movement 'of the valve are definitely determined in this way. Of course the extent of opening can be altered at any time by adjusting the screw bolt 3 u or down. Indeed the valve. can

be locke against any movement whatever extremity slidably engaged in said cavity v shaft having an' extremity slidably engaged in said cavity, a screw threaded bolt projected through said shaft and adjustable therein to serveas a stop for said valve member, a handle removably mountel Von the outer end of said shaft and a cap nuv to lock said boltjand handle jointly infixed position upon said shaft. v

threaded valve member adjustable in said body and having an angular cavity in its top, a rotatable shaft having an angular and a packing nut sleeved upon said shaft and in' engaging relation with said body above. said valve, in. combination with a screw threaded bolt projectingthrough said shaft at both ends and adjustabl to limit the opening of said valve, a han e on said shaft and means to fasten said handle and said' bolt jointly in fixed position on said shaft. v 4

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature 7 5 in presence of two witnesses.

* WILLIAM S. VALMORE. Witnesses:

HELEN ,HYNEB, r M. FITZGERALD.

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